Diamonds Aren't a Girl's Best Friend (15 Jan. 1984)

A model named Rachel is killed. Michael is send to investigate and pretends to be her friend Lauren's boyfriend. He soon uncovers a diamond smuggling ring headed by the model's agent, Bernie Mitchell.

Director:

Jeffrey Hayden

Writers:

Glen A. Larson (creator), Robert Foster,

Stars:

David Hasselhoff, Edward Mulhare, Rebecca Holden

Cast

Episode cast overview:
David Hasselhoff	...	Michael Knight
Edward Mulhare	...	Devon Miles
Rebecca Holden	...	April Curtis
Wendy Kilbourne	...	Lauren Janes
Jo Ann Pflug	...	Nina Jurgenson
Lu Leonard	...	Mable
Cameron Mitchell	...	Bernie Mitchell
Elizabeth Lindsey	...	Rachel Robinson
René Assa	...	Miller
Nicholas Guest	...	Chris Carlson
Nancy Ellison	...	Photographer

Storyline

A model named Rachel is killed. Michael is send to investigate and pretends to be her friend Lauren's boyfriend. He soon uncovers a diamond smuggling ring headed by the model's agent, Bernie Mitchell.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 January 1984 (USA)

Filming Locations:

380 South San Rafael Avenue, Pasadena, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Glen A. Larson Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

49 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

On one occasion during the car chase when the Monte Carlo runs a red light/stop sign and barrels through the intersection, a nearby gray pickup truck swerves and stops abruptly, causing a large squarish cardboard box to fall out of its loaded bed and land in the roadway next to it. But when K.I.T.T. follows the Monte Carlo through the intersection, the gray pickup's bed is empty of visible cargo, and there is no box sitting beside it.

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Quotes

K.I.T.T.: I do not intend to set one wheel inside an airplane.
Michael Knight: Kitt, buddy, I need you to translate for me. Why don't you wanna go?
K.I.T.T.: Because... I don't like flying.
Devon Miles: But Kitt, you've never flown before.
K.I.T.T.: One doesn't have to be bitten by a dog to dislike dogbites. Besides, if cars were meant to fly they would have been made with wings.
Michael Knight: Alright, if that's how you feel, I'll go alone, I'll pick up a rental car in Mexico city.
K.I.T.T.: A rental car? Michael, you wouldn't.
[pause]
K.I.T.T.: Perhaps I could make this one flight an ...
[...]

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Connections

Edited into Knight Rider: The Ice Bandits (1984)

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Soundtracks

"Ain't Nobody"
Written by Hawk Wolinski

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